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Title: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on November 25, 2011, 08:25 AM: is there anyone of you that had put a higher bar on there cruiser

iam a pretty tall guy almost 2 meters and feels like i am leaning to much weight on my bar
would it be easyer for me to put a bigger bar on it or is it just a waste of money ?

cheers.
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: Jon The Bassist on November 25, 2011, 09:05 AM: In a word, yes!
If it's for cruising around on then a pair of normal pro bars (8" rise) could make the bike more comfy. If it's for serious riding then some taller cruiser bars (~7" rise) might be the ticket. If it's a new skool cruiser then you can play around with having your stem flipped over or top-loading, and try spacers above and below to get the height perfect.
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on November 25, 2011, 09:36 AM: Thanks and btw its for racing on the track
i could imagine its easyer to manual whit no so many weight on your bars
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: Jon The Bassist on November 25, 2011, 10:00 AM: I'm only a tad over 6' so I do fine on a normal 'pro' sized cruiser with normal reach stem and normal height ~6" bars. One of the guys at Bradford is about 6'3 or 6'4" and he has a longer reach stem and some slightly taller cruiser bars, I think Fly bars maybe?

There's a really tall dutch guy who sometimes posts on BMXTalk who could probably give good advice, Bo something?
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on November 25, 2011, 11:06 AM: You mean bo klein hessling ?
yeah i know him his frame is speccialy made by one its a xxxxl pro :2funny: :2funny: and he also has 20 inch pro bars on it
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: Jon The Bassist on November 25, 2011, 11:19 AM: Quote from: Dannyd on November 25, 2011, 11:06 AM
You mean bo klein hessling ?
yeah i know him his frame is speccialy made by one its a xxxxl pro :2funny: :2funny: and he also has 20 inch pro bars on it

That's the fella, a proper giant :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on November 25, 2011, 11:26 AM: yeah he is and fast as fook
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: James Nada on November 25, 2011, 01:15 PM: An article/test on using tall bars on a Crusier here.

http://cruiserrevolution.com/2011/08/26/tested-tall-bars-on-race-cruiser/
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on November 25, 2011, 03:54 PM: Quote from: James Nada on November 25, 2011, 01:15 PM
An article/test on using tall bars on a Crusier here.

http://cruiserrevolution.com/2011/08/26/tested-tall-bars-on-race-cruiser/

Awsome, going to look for some badass bars :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: kdubbmx on November 29, 2011, 06:04 PM: Mark Searle uses 20" bars on his cruiser as he is pretty tall, they help him get awesome gates but hinder him sprinting and jumping.

(I coach him)

:)
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: searley68 on December 02, 2011, 10:26 AM: Quote from: kdubbmx on November 29, 2011, 06:04 PM
Mark Searle uses 20" bars on his cruiser as he is pretty tall, they help him get awesome gates but hinder him sprinting and jumping.

(I coach him)

:)

the sprinting is down to being un fit!!....the jumping is lack of nerve! if you are tall,bigger bars are really comfy.
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: kdubbmx on December 03, 2011, 06:14 PM: I'll put the ding board out next week if you want to try jumping Mark? :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on December 15, 2011, 05:25 PM: gonna try next week , when its stops raining >:(
Title: Re: any advantage on higher bar on my kuwi cruiser
Post by: DoubleD on December 18, 2011, 02:11 PM: added some pro bars today on my cruiser and it looks like shite

but at the track WOW much easyer to manual and jumping, i had to get used to the feeling of the bike, feels totally differend: But better then before

almost over pullled myself the first time i tried to manual over the first double

after 2 hours it feels so good and so much easyer

a BIG ++++